Key Takeaways
- Haunted Mansion switches back from its Holiday version on January 18, 2025.
- A new outdoor queue and ADA elevator were added to the redesigned attraction.
- There has been speculation of potential changes to the original Haunted Mansion ride.
According to the Disneyland website, the regular Haunted Mansion attraction is set to reopen on January 18, 2024. The ride is currently operating as Haunted Mansion Holiday, which runs through January 6, 2025. The regular version has been “closed” at Disneyland since August 2023 to allow for the holiday overlay and subsequent refurbishment.
The OG Haunted Mansion is set to return with plenty of time before Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary celebrations, which kick off in May 2025. The milestone event will feature limited-time entertainment, exclusive merchandise, and vibrant decorations throughout the resort. Sleeping Beauty Castle will take center stage with an elegant medallion, adding a touch of grandeur to the festivities.
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As part of the recent expansion, the Haunted Mansion has introduced a new outdoor queue and an ADA elevator. The ADA elevator and accompanying access hallway provide a new exit for guests using mobility devices, while the updated outdoor queue offers some new sites and sounds on the way towards the entrance. The original outdoor queue was completely removed during the refurbishment, but beloved features like the pet cemetery have found new afterlife within the revamped grounds, now complemented by newly designed gardens.
Haunted Mansion Reopening Date
- The Haunted Mansion will reopen on January 18, 2025.
Additionally, the new gift shop, Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond, is slated to open this winter, potentially before the regular attraction reopens. Signage for the shop was installed earlier this week. According to its backstory, the shop was originally a carriage house that has since been transformed into a space dedicated to Madame Leota.
When Haunted Mansion Holiday debuted in July 2024, it operated with a virtual queue, as the standard queue area was still under construction. Speculation has been circulating about potential changes to the original Haunted Mansion attraction, but in its current Holiday format, it’s not clear if any changes have been made. One rumor suggests that the hanging corpse effect in the Stretching Room may be replaced with a projection, similar to the one used during the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay when the room features a temporary tarp, while other rumors suggest that Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion may update the Hitchhiking Ghosts scene at the end of the ride to feature CGI effects, similar to the enhancements made at Walt Disney World’s version in 2011. Currently, the Disneyland attraction uses the Pepper’s Ghost illusion, which relies on animatronic reflections to create the ghostly figures. The proposed upgrade would replace these with digital projections, offering more interactive and dynamic guest experiences.
These potential update rumors center on the change to Haunted Mansion’s iconic stretching room scene. Some fans have called on Disney to reconsider this element of the attraction, raising concerns about the depiction of the hanging body. However, Disneyland has not officially announced any modifications, and the final plans may differ when the attraction removes the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay.